1846. 



GENESEE FARMER. 



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To Correspondents. 



Communications have been received during 

 the past month from S. W., D. A. Ogden, L. B. 

 Langworthy, A Plow-holder, M., IL, W. S. T., 

 R. J. Jones, Aaron Tufts, Israel A. Beach, G., 

 Wm. R. Prince, State Agricultural Society. 



Hints to Farmers. 



There are some things that all Farmers ought 

 to know. 



Sheep put into fresh stubble are apt to be kill- 

 ed by eating too much grain. 



A bare pasture enriciies not the soil, nor fat- 

 tens the animals, nor increases the wealth of the 

 owner. 



One animal well fed is of more value than two 

 poo'-ly kept. 



The better animals can be fed, and the more 

 comfortable they can be kept, the more profita- 

 ble they are — and all farmers work for profit. 



Ground once well plowed is better than thrice 

 poorly. 



Bountiful crops are more profitable than poor 

 ones. Make the soil rich, pulverize it well, and 

 keep it clean, and it generally will be produc- 

 tive. 



Weeds that grow unmolested around the 

 fences, stumps and stones, scatter their seeds 

 over the farm, and are very likely to grow. 



Cows well fed in winter give more milk in 

 summer. J>fti ox that is in good condition in the 

 spring, will perform more labor, and stand the 

 heat of summer much better than one that is 

 poor. 



When you see the fence down, put it up ; if 

 it remains until to-morrow the cattle may get 

 over. 



What ought to be done to-day, do it, for to- 

 morrow it may rain. 



A strong horse will work all day without food, 

 but keep him at it, and he will not last long. 



A rich soil will produce good crops without 

 manure, but keep it at it and it will tire. 



Farmers sons had better learn to hold the 

 plow, and feed the pigs, than measure tape and 

 count buttons. 



Young ladies who have the good fortune to be- 

 come farmers wives will find it more profitable 

 to know how to make Johnny cake, butter and 

 cheese, than to play on the Piano. 



All who wish to be rich, must spend less than 

 they earn. . G. 



To Preserve Eugs. — The following is the 

 simplest mode we have met with. First a layer 

 of plaster, then a layer of eggs — not allowing 

 one egg to touch another ; witli the small end 

 downward. Over the layer of eggs put about 

 three inches of plaster ; then cover the vessel 

 closely. Eggs thus put up have remained sweet 

 and pure for eleven months. They must be put 

 <[own within three or four days of being laid. 



Remedy for Scours in Horses. 



Mr. Editor : — I will give you a sovereign, 

 remedy for the scours in horses, and if you think 

 it worth any thing, or nothing, do with it as you 

 please. 



When the animal is attacked give him physic; 

 motherwort is the best. Boil it to a strong lie. 

 Give the animal three pints for one dose. After 

 it operates freely, give the horse two quarts of 

 clean loam, mixed with pure cold water, as thick 

 as pan cake batter. Tlie fever that always at- 

 tends the complaint will induce the horse to 

 drink. Repeat the dose once in two liours. It 

 never fails to perform a perfect cure. 



Never give physic after the complaint is 

 checked. The loam will not harm the horse. 

 Yours, &c. Ira Young. 



Conquest, Cayuga Co., 1846. 



Polish Honey. — Poland is perhaps the great- 

 est honey producing country in Europe. In tlie 

 provinces of Podolia, Ukraine, and Volhynia, in 

 particular, the cultivation of the honey-bee has 

 long formed an object of national importance ; 

 and these bee gardens are not only very numer- 

 ous and extensive, but they are also common in 

 other parts of the Kingdom. There are cotta- 

 ges in Poland, with very small portions of land 

 attached to them, on which are to be seen as 

 many as fifty hives ; while there are farmers and 

 landed proprietors who are in possession of from 

 100 to 10,000 hives ! There are some farmere 

 who collect annually more than 200 barrels of 

 fine honey, each barrel weighing from 400 to 

 500 lbs. exclusive of the wax. A tenant is often 

 in this way enabled to pay his rent and taxes, to 

 defray other domestic expenses, and often to ac- 

 cumulate handsome dowries for his daughters. 



Water Proof Recipe — Esther for boots or 

 other leather. — One pint Tanner's oil, half lb. 

 tallow, a lump of rossin size of a shell-bark, 

 Burgundy pitch size of an egg, beeswax size of 

 an egg, lamp-black three cents worth, all mixed 

 together; and gradually melted over aslow fire. 

 When to be applied, the mixture should be made 

 about milk warm, and put on with a sponge. — 

 The leather to be made a little damp, but not 

 wet. — Farmer''s Cabinet. 



'■ Honor to whom Ilouor." 



JMr. Editor : — A notice in Saturday's Aincricaii states 

 thrtt the Alljany Cultivator for October contains t!io list of 

 premiums awarded at thorecont State Fair. This is a .slight 

 mistake. The Cultivator for this month contains but a por- 

 tion (not half) of the list — promising the remainder in tha 

 ^■ovem^3cr number. Of the several agricultural journals 

 published in this State, the Genesee Farmer is the only one 

 which has given the entire and correct list of Premiums 

 awarded at the late Annual Fair of our State Agricultural 

 Society. Yours, &c. Erkata. 



It will bo seen by the above, which we copy from the 

 Rochester American of Oct. 13, that the Farmer, though 

 a FIFTY CENT PAPER, is not behind other agricultural jour- 

 nals in furnishing its readers important and appropriate in- 

 lellisence. M. 



